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Chicago, III.—The common people throughout the United States are
among the victims of fraudulent practices of receivers and similar groups
that have taken over thousands of real estate mortgages which are delinquent
in intrest payments, according to a statement here by Rpresentative Adolph
Sabbath, chairman of the Congressional Committee to investigate receiver
ships, trusteeships and bondholders' committees in relation to frozen real
estate loans.
Prior to opening the Chicago session of the committee, Mr. Sabbath
said:
“We are seeking to find out why the bondholders' committees cannot be
eliminated, why the properties are mismanaged, who gets the tremendous
fees, and in general to expos an outrageous condition. Over 10,000 buildings
worth $2,000,000,000 are controlled by 897 committees and the bondholders
never get a dollar.
“The life savings of the poorer classes, the funds of societies and unions,
money needed for sick benefits and death benefits, are tied up in real estate
bonds, and the people are about to be defrauded. We are going to find out
about it."
WOMEN’S UNION LABEL LEAGUE
HONORS JAMES H. FULLERTON
AT ITS MEETING MONDAY NIGHT
On Monday night of this week the Women’s Union Label
League gave a reception in honor of our townsman, J. H. Fullerton,
newly elected first vice-president of the State Federation of La
bor. The hall was decorated with palms and cut flowers, and
back of the rostrum, on a table neatly draped in linen, was a
beautiful cake bearing Mr. Fullerton’s name.
The League president, Mrs. W. E.
McKamey presided and after a brief
business session, during which period
three new members were obligated,
the gathering entered into the social
phase, Madam President presenting
Mr. Fullerton, who made a few re
marks that were well received, he, as
always, proving an interesting speak
er. Congratulating the League upon
the progress it had made and the
work it was doing, being an able ally
to the men, who were carrying on,
•working for the betterment of the
condition of each and everyone and
for harmony. At the close of his re
marks he was given the glad hand by
the fair-sized audience assembled.
The next speaker introduced was
Hon. William F. Scholl, who went
down the line four-square at the last
general assembly, and whose friends
are legion in the movement. He paid
a glowing tribute to Brother Fuller
ton, and commenced the work he had
^one for the mo\-menL saying that
l.o had always found him a man firm
in his convictions, yet never border
ing on extremes, during their short
acquaintance. Mr. Scholl’s address
dealt just a little with Labor legis
lation at the last general assembly,
and his talk was well received.
The editor of The Journal was call
ed upon, and in his feeble way added
his tribute to the worth in the Labor
movement of “Jim” Fullerton, who
has time to drop even his own work
to” take part in any mission that has
for its object the uplift of the Labor
movement.
Then President Frank Barr, of
Central Labor Union was called upon,
and, while his words were few, he
got in a couple of witty shots at those
who had preceded him.
Brother J. A. Dumas was slated fori
a baritone solo, but gracefully with
drew from the field to the delight of
all present.
The next feature on the program
was two recitations by Miss Mary
Louise Boate, one of the two accom*
plished daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry L. Boate, both well known and
loved inside and outside of the Labor
movement. Miss Boate is an elocu
tionist of no mean ability, and besides
that enddowment she is a pretty;and
petite, and has graciously lent her
services to the Label League on pre
vious occasions.
Then came the cutting of the cake,
which was presided over by Madam
President and Mr. Fullerton, the lat
ter performing the cutting ceremony.
And there was enough for all in this
cake, which was delicious, being a
product of the Family Favorite
Bakeries, 311 E. Trade street, oper
ated by Gilmer H. Holton, a member
of Federal Labor Union, and was pre
sented to the League by two friends.
Refreshments served by tKe Ladies of
the League consisted of delicious
salad, crackers, ham, and fruit sand
wiches, pickles, coffee, etc., and there
was a plenty for all.
In closing the editor wants to pay
tribute to the women of the Label
League who have struggled against
great odds, but who are now coming
into their own, and as the days go by
this organization is going to prove a
bulwark and a stay to the Labor
movement in this section as The
Journal has always predicted it would
be. It was the first Label League
to be formed in North Carolina and
Mrs. McKamey was its first presi
dent, holding that position up to thej
present time, and serving both faith
fully and well, she is beloved by each
and every member.
A Truce Is Reached
In Coal Mine Strike
Which Threatened
Washington, Sept. 15.—Appa
lachian soft coal operators and
the United Mine workers agreed
shortly after midnight Saturday
to extend their present wage
and hour contract until next
Sunday midnight, thus averting
a threatened strike in nearly
everv soft-coal field in the coun
try.
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After A 16-Week
Strike, Ginn & Co.
Capitulates
The sixteen-week strike of 2701
bookbinders and pressmen em
ployed by Ginn & Company, nation
ally known textbook publishers of
Cambridge, Mass., was settled by an
agreement providing for the recog
nition of the unions concerned, the
five-day, forty-hour week in place of
the former forty-eight-hour week and
an increase in wages estimated to run
from five to ten per cent.
The Union Label is the O. K. stamp
of .quality!
TYPO WOMAN’S AUXILIARY
HOLDS FIRST FALL MEETING
NEW OFFICERS INSTALLED
To the Editor of the Journal:
The first fall meeting of the Wo
man’s Auxiliary of the Charlotte
Typographical Union was heid at the
home of Mrs. H. F. Carriker 415 Pe
can Ave., Thursday night at 8 o’clock.
New officers were installed. The
new president is Mrs. J. E. Kumpe
and the first vice-president Mrs. W.
P. Benton; second vice-president Mrs.
H. H. Lawing; secretary and tresurer
Mrs. R. F. White. Mrs. White has
been our seretary and tresurer since
we first organized in 1929.
Mrs. E. G. Cleaver was elected guide
and Mrs. L. A. Hearn chaplain.
After the business meeting a very
delightful social hour was enjoyed.
A gnssing contest was held and Mrs.
Charles Granger and Mrs. Hearn
tied for the prize. Mrs. Hearn won
the draw.
A voting contest was held to see
who was the most popular member and
Mrs. Hugh M. Sykes won the prize.
A beautiful sewing cabinet was pre
sented to Mrs. Hugh M. Sykes, the
retiring president for her loyality the
past four years. Another new member
was obligated, Mrs. Ray Nixon.
We are anxious to have all the
ladies join that have a husband, fa
ther or brother that is a member of
No. 338. We meet at the home of dif
ferent members each month on the se
cond Thursday at 8:30 P. M.
By Mrs. H. M. Sykes
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HARRY
BOATS
It seems rather strange the various ways used by many in America to
amuse themselves or to correct current evils, or what some people conceive
to be evils that need correcting. We have in every state in the Union laws
to regulate the purchase and possession of firearms of any and all kinds,
yet as we read the daily papers it appears that most every person owns a
gun and knows how to use it. Not only that, but many of them are not per
mitted to become rusty from disuse. For many months the gangster seemed
to have the upper hand, and they had artillery enough to supply a large
army, and they were of the latest type and efficiency, despite the laws pro
hibiting sale and possession. Happily, that class of person is gradually go
ing out of business because of the activity of the G-men. They appeared
to have gotten off to a late start, but when once in action they did good
work and are deserving the hearty thanks of our entire population. The
kidnaper is also slowing up in his activities, and it appears that at no dis
tant date it may be perfectly safe to own a few dollars without being stolen
or shot.
Among the latest events of national importance is that which took place
at Baton Rouge, La., when a doctor took upon himself the task of laying
low one who had been making a big noise throughout the land for many
months. This reference is to the shooting of Huey Long by a doctor who
may or may not have been demented, but the world will never know, as he
was immediately riddled with bullets and died on the spot. These bullets
were fired by the hired bodyguard of Mr. Long, who had been trailing him
for some time. Had a few of them been in front or at his side, this sad event
could not have happened. While many in the land had little or no use for
Mr. Long or his activities, there was no just reason why he should have
been cut down as he was, for he lived little more than a day after being shot.
He was buried with great honors in his own state and given all the honors by
the United States government due a Senator of this great country, a posi
tion he occupied by vote of the people of Louisiana.
After this shooting and the covering up of the cause and effect by the
undertakers in charge, we were not given a rest from such occurrences, for
immediately followed the fatal shooting at Downingtown, Pa., of Evelyn
Hoey, a torch singer. This was the culmination of a wild drinking party
in the home of Henry Huddleston Rogers, III, son of a Standard Oil baron,
and well known among followers of the Great White Way in New York.
It has not been learned whether it was murder or suicide, since all claimed to
have been so drunk no one knows what happened, or how. All of which
sounds like a parallel case to that which happened in Winston-Salem some
time ago. How strange it is that drink does no one harm, yet it manages
to kill people and if the survivor happens to have a little money, it is pos
sible to cover up responsibility with American dollars. What a strange peo
ple we are. Sometime in the future we may be able to regulate both guns
and drink, and if that time ever comes, it may be possible to learn the true
facts in any case where life and death are concerned.
-In a radio speech on the Connery resolution in Congress to outlaw
use of Federal munitions and national guardsmen in strike areas, Gen. Smed
ley D. Butler said:
‘You know the way it is now, a life is worth less than a pane of glass.
Particularly in a strike .... Some thug hired by the mills slams a blackjack
across the head of a striker. And someone hurls a rock. Maybe it breaks
a 60-cent pane of glass in the factory and maybe it doesn’t. The hired thugs
or the police—or the national guard, whoever is there to guard the property
—gets excited and shooting starts. And a striker or an innocent victim,
maybe a woman or child, gets shot. That seems to be all right with the
authorities. There is an investigation to determine who broke the window
glass. But there is no investigation to determine the shooting and killing.
No one takes away the rifles and the revolvers and the machine guns from
those who did the shooting. No; the shooting was to preserve peace, law and
order. What they really mean is that the shooting was to preserve the
property and break the strike.”
LABOR DEFIANT
By BUDD L. McKILLIPS
I builded your ships and I sailed them,
I worked in your mills and your mines,
I sweat o’er your network of railroads,
I crushed the rip© grapes for your wines.
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I toiled weaving cloth for your garments,
I gathered the grain for your bread,
My hands made your beautiful mansion,
I printed the books you have read.
I linked two great oceans together,
I spanned your rivers with steel,
Faced death on your lofty skyscrapers,
I builded your automobile.
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I harnessed the mad rush of waters,
And caged lightning bolts for your play,
I made your words leap over distance,
I lighted your nights into day.
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Wherever there’s progress you’ll find me,
Without me the world could not live,
And yet you wiuld seek to destroy me,
With the meager pittance you give.
Today you may grind me in slavery,
You may dictate to me from your throne,
But tomorrow I throw off my fetters,
And stand forth to claim what I own.
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You masters of field and of workshop,
I am mighty and you are but few,
No longer I’ll bow in submission—
I am Labor and ask for my due!
; Central Labor
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Tuesday night’s meeting of Central
Labor Union was one of routine, the
regular business being gone through
with at a rapid rate, only one ripple
being noticeable in an otherwise
placid stream, and that was over a
matter that was deferred until the
next meeting. The attendance was not
up to the standard, and there was a
noticeable absence of organisers. Re
ports of locals averaged up a little
better than those of the preceding
week, and an optimistic spirit seemed
evident. There appears to be a lull in
activities, which happens every now
and then, but it may only be the calm
before the storm, as has often been
the case before, but with fall at hand
a pick-up is at hand, and several mat
ters are on the calendar for future
consideration that will inject new life
into the membership. The meeting ad
journed around 9 p. m. President
Frank Barr presided.
WHY IS GOV. EHRINGHAUS
SO UNPOPULAR? ASKS
DUNNIGAN, OF RALEIGH
W. R. Dunmingon, Raleigh has this
as head to a lengthy article on Eh
ringhaus: Why is Governor Ehring
haus so unpopular? This question has
been asked many times in North Caro
lina during the past two years, often
with the variation: “so undeservedly
unpopular,” and many times too it
takes the form of a statement that
he is unpopular. Naturally, Governor
Ehringhaus himself is aware of this
condition, or supposed condition, and
his friends know what people of the
State seem to think of him.” (The
workers of North Carolina have the
answer, and they will not fail to give
it at the proper time.—Ed.)
AIRPORT ELECTION SET
FOR OCTOBER 22ND
A special Election on the question
of issuing $60,000 of bonds for the
purchase of a site for development of
a municipal airport has been ordered
by Charlotte City Council to be held
October 22. Registration books are to
be opened September 21.
MOONEY TO BE GIVEN NEW
COURT HEARING-IS TRANSFERRED
San Francisco, Sept. 18.—Arrangements were completed yesterday for
the transfer of Tom Mooney from San Quentin prison to a city jail cell
where he will be held during the hearing on the famous prisoner’s habeas
corpus bid for freedom.
The hearing, being conducted for the state supreme court by Referee A.
E. Shaw, will start tomorrow morning and may last a month.
It was originally set for today, but the postponement was made to en
able the supreme court to hear arguments on a demand by Mooney’s attorneys
for clarificatio nof its instructions to the referee.
It was 19 years ago that Mooney, convicted of participation in the 1916
Preparedness day bomb outrage here, in which ten persons were killed,
entered San Quentin.
That the noted convict himself may take the stand during the present
hearing was indicated by his attorneys. Their exact procedure, they said,
probably will not be determined, however, until rules of the hearings are
definitelv announced.
TRADE UNIONISM WORKERS’
NEED—NOT INVENTED BY ONE
MAN-SOCIAL NEED OF WORKERS
Hie handicraft age has been replaced by machinery, mass
production, combinations of capitalists and absentee ownership.
The machinery age destroys the workers’ power to bargain as
an individual. To secure justice he must unite with his fellows—
trade unionism is the result.
Trade unionism was not “invented” by one man or a group
of men. It is a social need of workers.
In the bivouac of Life,
In the world’s broad field' of battle,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!
—Longfellow.
Capital is the fruit of labor, and
could not exist if labor had not first
existed. Labor, therefore, deserves
much the higher consideration.— Ab
raham Lincoln.
I think you know how genuinely I
am interested in the forutnes of the
American Federation of Labor and
how earnest and sincere a hope I en
tertain that its labors will be crowned
with the best sort of success in the
promotion of the best interests of the
working men of the country.— Wood
dow Wilson.
We affirm as one of the cardinal
principles of the trade union move
ment that the working people must
unite irrespective of creed, color, sex,
nationality or politics.—A. F.. of L.
Convention Declaration.
There is not a wrong against which
we fail to protest or seek to remedy;
there is not a right to which any of
our fellows are entitled which it is not
our duty, mission and work and strug
gle to attain. So long as there shall
remain a wrong unrighted or a right
denied, there will be work for the
labor movement to do.—Samuel Gom
pers. _ I
Trade unionism has passed the trial
stage. It has come to its maturity out
of long years of struggle and experi
ence to an earned position of trust
and confidence. The unions have
built up standards of life and living,
carefully, step by step.—William
Green.
Trade unions are the bulwarks of
moaern democracies.—w. r,. utaa
s tone.
Laborers must be recognized as be
ing entitled to as much consideration
as employers, and their rights must
be equally safeguarded.—Commission
on the Church and Social Service,
Federal Council of the Churches of
Crhist in America.
It is hoped that this right (of labor
to organize and bargain collectively)
will never again be called in question
by any considerable number of em
ployers.—Administrative Committee,
National Catholic War Council.
Without the union all labor would
still be the victim of the long day, the
insufficient wage and kindred injus
tices. Under the present organization
of society, labor’s only safeguard
against a retrogression to former in
human standards is the union—Com
mission on Social Justice, Central
Conference of American Rabbis.
I rejoice at every effect working
men make to organize. I hail the
labor movement. It is my only hope
for democracy. Organize, and stand
together! Let the nation hear a
united demand from the laboring
voice.—Wendell Phillips.
I look to the trade unions as the
principal means for benefiting the
condition of the working classes.—
Prof. Thorold Rogers, University of
Oxford.
Attacked and denounced as scarcely
any other institution ever has been,
the unions have thriven and grown
in the face of opposition. This
healthy vitality has been due to the
fact that they were a genuine pro
duct of social needs—indispensible as
a protest and a struggle against the
John K. Ingram, LL. D.
First Round In
Guffey Coal BUI
Fight Is Won By
Government
Wshington, Sept. 17—The govern
ment won the first round yesterday
in the battle for a constitutional test
of the Guffey coal law.
In the District of Columbia Su
preme court, Justice Daniel O’Dono
ghue denied a request for a temporary
injunction, intended to restrain the
effectiveness of the act. It was sought
by James W. Carter, president of the
Carter Coal company of southern
West Virginia.
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O’Donoghue held tha%; since there
was a possibility the case would be
heard on its merits before November
1, when the tax provisions of the law
become effective, he saw no reason
to grant a temporary restraining or
der.
The government must file an an
swer by September 25 to Carter’s pe
tition for a permanent injunction.
MILWAUKEE MEAT STRIKE
Milwaukee, Wis. — Convinced
that Milwaukee markets have
boosted the price of meat far be
yond the limits of reasonable
profits, housewives picketed seven
stores urging customers not to buy
i until prices were reduced and ask
| ed butchers to close their, stores.
A TRIBUTE TO OUR ORGANIZERS
We are not paramounting any man in Labor, for even the
humblest worker, with a paid-up card is a toiler in the catase of
uplifting humanity. Humble dues payers are a nucleus of organ
ized labor, but they believe in it; they are where they have been
advanced, or are being advanced, by the efforts of the men whom
capital likes to call leaches, who are living high and waxing fat
off the meagre sum received in the way of dues. ■, ■
Only on Monday the editor of The Journal ran into an or
ganizer on South Tryon street. A man of God, a Christian of
the highest type and a worker for Labor such as we have seldom
seen before. His shirt was unbuttoned at the collar, his tie hung
down, and he looked fatigued and worn. He told us he had just
gotten back into Charlotte after three or four of the hardest days
of his life, skipping here and there, this meeting and that, little J
or no sleep, constant travel, and with two or three engagements
desiring immediate attention in this territory. His pay is small,
his expense account limited, and yet the capitalistic press will tell
you of the Organizers waxing fat off the dues of the workers.
There is no truth in such statements, it is only propaganda used
as a decoy to pull the workers away from organized labor.
All the organizers we know, and they are many, earn every
dollar they make, and give most of that away where there is
want and suffering. This writer has paid thousands of dollars
in dues ti his union and does not now and has never regretted a
single dollar that has gone that way.
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